Press Release Article

PORT AUTHORITY TO HOLD REMEMBRANCE SERVICE ON SEPTEMBER 11

Date: Sep 08, 2004Press Release Number: 111-2004

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The Port Authority will hold an Interfaith Remembrance Service at St. Peter’s Church, Barclay and Church streets in Lower Manhattan, at noon on Saturday, September 11, 2004. The service will honor the 84 Port Authority employees who were tragically killed on September 11, 2001, in the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.

New York Governor George E. Pataki, New Jersey Governor James E. McGreevey and New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg will attend the ceremony. The program also will include performances by Morris Robinson of the Metropolitan Opera and the St. Peter’s Church Choir.

The memorial service will be broadcast live by NJN Public Television for viewers in New Jersey. NY 1 will broadcast the ceremony live in New York. NJN will uplink a clean feed of the service on satellite Galaxy 3C (Ku-Band), transponder 10- Channel C (symbol rate: 6.1113, FEC: _) from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Media wishing to cover the Interfaith Remembrance Service should bring photo identification as well as media credentials, and report to the church entrance on Barclay Street.

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Contact: Tony Ciavolella Port Authority212 435-7777

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On September 11, 2001, the Port Authority family lost 84 of its members in the attacks on the World Trade Center. This roll call of names bears witness to the countless acts of heroism and bravery demonstrated by our fallen colleagues, many of whom directed the greatest rescue in U.S. history before they made the ultimate sacrifice. Although they have passed, they will remain forever in our hearts.